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What is your source here? He hasent been the same player since 2001, and we spent a 7th round pick on him. you think we whould start an injury prone guy worth a 7th over a younger third year 2nd round pick? I doubt it_________________Williams, Smoot, Harris, Taylor, Shaper, Cowart... the signs of a new divsion champion

Tice said he was going to start. I read it in one of the Minny papers.

He said Cowart would start in the middle and EJ would back up and play special teams._________________Skol, Vikings!
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and Tice announced Cowart's the starter at MLB.
Henderson's not a bust (yet), he just needs to learn instead of freeroam and with Cowart there, that's what he'll do.
Cowart had his best season in 2003 and in 2004 he was injured the first half and a backup the second. Those numbers are bullcrap and he deserves to be the starter.

What I think a lot of people are forgetting (even thouse supporting Cowart starting) is the defensice coordinator and system. The brilliance of our new D is that we didn't just make random signings, we made ones that fit perfectly in Ted's system. Cowart has experience in it, Pat Williams has experience in it (and has never played in a D that wasn't based around the same kind of system). Winfield last year had experience in it.
Sharper doesn't, and Smoot doesn't, but I believe the two will mold into it fine.

Defense, like offense, also needs to adjust to system. Around when we signed Sharper I thought our defense was gonna be around 15th for the first half of the year because it was just a random mismatching of good players and positions. With Cowart, we get to keep an OLB at OLB, we get some more veteran leadership, we get experience in our system, we get to keep an OLB with MLB experience at OLB, and it just seems perfect on all fronts to me now._________________UtBDan:
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